People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — Marquette Statue Guarded. [ARTICLE]

Marquette Statue Guarded.

Washington, March .3. The Pere Marquette statue, which was unveiled quietly Sunday, is the center of attraction in Statuary Hall. One man threatened that if he got an opportunity he would place a bomb under the statue and demolish it. The police are guarding the statue. Extraordinary precautions are being taken to see that no harm is done it.